Holbrook "Major" Toolroom lathe 1960s. Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue.
Model: Major
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Manuals for Model: Major
Print code: J70-8
Catalogues for the Jones & Shipman High-precision, High-speed bench drills with enclosed belt drive. Models 8" Model 616 Coded "Minor"; the later 8" Model 816 (with an optional built-in light Code B) and the 14" (Major). These drills had small build changes over the years and various speed ranges to order including 1400, 3,000 and 6,000 as standard and slower and faster options up to 10,000 r.p.m. The earliest types appear to come from the mid 1930s and the last from the 1950s. 6 pages.
Print code: M200B
Midsaw Toolroom Machinery. Two comprehensive, well-illustrated and descriptive sales and technical specification catalogues that show the larger machines: Bandsaws and Band-filing Machines, Horizontal Bandsaws, Cut-off Machines, Cut-off Bandsaws, High-speed Edge Miller, Overhead Slitting Saws, Circular Tables, Filer and Jigsaw and Saw Sharpeners. Models include the Types D and DC Bandsaw and Filing Machines and Bandsaws Types HY22, HY30, HY36, NF, HNF, AT (Standard & Rigid) ATC (Canting Body)
"Major" and Accessories. 40 pages.
Print code: MA470
Taiwanese Mill Drills badged as Naerok, Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Covers the Types FR-30, RDM-400/500M/500MF, "Minor", "Major" and similar variants. A double-edition manual that will help with all versions.
Print code: MB250A
BOC Cub Major Cutting Machine. Detailed Instruction and Maintenance Manual with Electrical Diagrams and Illustrated Parts List.
Print code: MC400
CORONET MAJOR, MINOR, MINORETTE, ELF (including the late-model Elf sold as a "Record", CONCORD, CONSORT, (etc) planers, bandsaws, sawbenches, etc.
A complete data pack compendium for Coronet products consisting of:
Print code: MC50A
Cardiff "Major" Lathes. A complete Data Pack that covers all version with centre heights from 7 to 10.5 inches. (the lathes are sometimes found marked 14-inch, 15-inch, 16-inch, 18-inch and 21-inch). Operating and Maintenance Manual with Lubrication data and Sales, Technical Specification and Accessories Catalogues.
Print code: MC50B
Cardiff Major lathes 7", 7.5" and 8" centre-height models. Illustrated Parts Manual.
Print code: MN200
Taiwanese Mill Drills badged as Naerok, Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Although not machine-specific in content, it covers the the "Minor", "Major" and similar variants and, being a double-edition manual, it should help with most versions.
Print code: MP116E
Pedrazzoli "Major Brown" Cut-off Saw. Instruction, Maintenance, Repair and Parts Manual as Exploded Component Diagrams and Sectional Drawings.
Print code: MW246A
Warco Taiwanese Mill Drills also badged as Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Covers the Types FR-30, RDM-400/500M/500MF, "Minor", "Major" and similar variants. A double-edition manual that will help with all versions. As with most machine-tool manuals, it's a good idea to back up the manual with a "how-to-do" book - and in this case I can strongly recommend the inexpensive one below, "Vertical Milling in the Home Workshop"
Major Parts
Coronet Major Lathe V-belt. The correct section UK or EU-made V-type drive belt.
This is the belt for the earlier Coronet Major - the later Model had a "Poly-V" belt - flat...
The correct, high-quality, UK or EU-manufactured flat-backed belt with 5 multi-V grooves on the inside to fit late-model Coronet and Record "Major" wood turning lathes...
